A delegation of Swaraj Abhiyan leaders led by former AAP leader & Swaraj India President Yogendra Yadav, on Wednesday, met the Leader of Opposition in Tamil Nadu Assembly & DMK Working President MK Stalin.

Accompanied
by other leaders of the organisation, Yogendra Yadav submitted a
memorandum to LOP regarding the upcoming Farmers' Rights Yatra
being undertaken by a host of organisations under the umbrella of
Swaraj Abhiyan.

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Along
with the memorandum, the leaders also submitted a copy of orders and
directions of the Supreme Court passed in the ongoing Drought PIL, a
copy of the petition filed by Swaraj Abhiyan to include the
Government of Tamil Nadu in the ongoing Drought PIL, a copy of the
objectives and the schedule of the Ulavar Urimai Payanam: Farmers
Rights Yatra that is being undertaken by Swaraj Abhiyan along with a
copy of the Manual for Drought Management prepared by the Centre and
placed on record in the Drought PIL. The memorandum also consisted of
Remunerative and Universal Price Yield Assurance (RUPYA) scheme
proposed by Swaraj Abhiyan.

Swaraj
Abhiyan has organised a yatra to express solidarity with the farmers
of the state and bring more attention to their plight. Farmers of
Tamil Nadu had held a long protest at Jantar Mantar recently but
received no help from the Centre or the state.

Leader
of Opposition MK Stalin assured the delegation that he will raise the
demands for farmers' relief in Tamil Nadu Assembly as LOP and in
the Parliament through his Party Parliamentarians. Tamil Nadu has
been facing the worst drought in the last 140 years and while the
government continues to deny the same, farmers in the state are dying
every day.